tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891341104960753282.post417116942337724866..comments2016-06-13T07:28:17.264-04:00Comments on Journeys Past: The Empty GraveCheri Danielshttps://plus.google.com/105910348641375588291noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891341104960753282.post-1040605253136158242011-11-02T22:08:52.137-04:002011-11-02T22:08:52.137-04:00You&#39;re very welcome ladies! Those 600 hits are...You&#39;re very welcome ladies! Those 600 hits are amazing! Our ancestors lived with this knowledge, but I guess they were pretty powerless to stop it - except when the law finally got passed after the Harrison incident. I suspect many of the empty graves would be in the poorer cemeteries - and as this was their reality - I have heard that some of the boogey man stories they scared their children with were based on the grave robbing trend, especially in Europe. This was not a problem unique to America. Many of the famous grave robbing stories come from England and Scotland. I guess I find it a fascinating subject because it was a secret network of crime that in turn helped science - and even though everyone was aware of the problem, our ancestors seemed to forget to pass on this info.....at least those newspapers are still around to prove the reports! Thanks for that search Deborah!<br /><br />And Kathy, the bodies that were given legally to the colleges were the unclaimed who died in hospitals, or unidentified bodies, or criminals....so yeah, records are not our friends in this case! Good luck!Cheri Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700942096676683769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891341104960753282.post-73934926981089255452011-11-01T22:16:33.109-04:002011-11-01T22:16:33.109-04:00Cheri,
I was fascinated by this post. I am curren...Cheri,<br />I was fascinated by this post. I am currently trying to find a death date for someone who was a prostitute in Lexington. I can&#39;t find anything on her death which would have been after 1890. The ladies often didn&#39;t use their legal names making it particularly difficult to track. I wondered if she could have ended up hospitalized. You&#39;ve given me something to think about -- just wish there were records.Kathy Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891341104960753282.post-39601368415001712952011-11-01T13:21:30.374-04:002011-11-01T13:21:30.374-04:00Cheri,
Awesome post! I have never thought about h...Cheri,<br /><br />Awesome post! I have never thought about how many of our modern medical practices and knowledge were found out because of cadavers. <br /><br />I did a search on Genealogy Bank.com in the historical papers section after narrowing the states down to Ohio with he words &quot;night watchman grave&quot; and came back with 600 hits. WOW! <br /><br />A lot from the 1880&#39;s time frame talking about nightwatchmen being hired to watch over bodies.<br /><br />Thanks for doing this post.Deborah Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007273108314789315noreply@blogger.com